The US President’s commitment to America’s key Southeast Asian ally was not seriously tested in his first term – this time ...

The waters around Sandy Cay, which is part of the Spratly ... U.S. for tensions between Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea. “The Philippines wouldn’t feel so emboldened without U.S ...

including Sandy Cay, in the South China Sea, and its surrounding waters. The standoff comes days after the United States and the Philippines began their annual joint military drills in the ...

Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it considers its own territory. Manila and Beijing traded barbs last week over Sandy ...

State media reports CCG officers ‘exercising maritime control’ on one of the reefs in the Spratly Islands also claimed by ...

Few of the South East Asian countries which also claim islands in the same sea have dared to push back against China; only ...

BEIJING — The Philippines on Monday rejected ... the area as Philippine inter-agency members visit Sandy Cay 2 at the South China Sea on Sunday April 27, 2025. Credit: AP China's state-owned ...

China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to show strength at home amid growing external pressure.

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

Manila’s largest South China Sea possession, Thitu Island, also known by the Philippines as Pagasa, lies only a few nautical miles east of Sandy Cay. The inter-agency maritime operation deployed ...